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Vulnerability of agroecosystems to climate change in the Sahel

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  • Twumasi-Ankrah, Michael Jordan
  • Zhan, Jinyan
  • Yeboah, Frederick Kwame
  • Xu, Linyu
  • Kumi, Michael Asiedu
  • Bayissa, Sichale Abdissa
  • Otho, Ali Raza
  • Sharma, Jharna
  • Aqel, Rana Shaker Mohammad

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Climate change is influencing the integrity of agroecosystems, with negative impacts on food security, by modifying the crop types used and by altering the plant physiological and biochemical processes that sustain ecosystem service provisioning. In this new environmental context, understanding the spatial patterns and dynamics of climate change agroecosystems face is important for effective conservation and management.

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  • Twumasi-Ankrah, Michael Jordan & Zhan, Jinyan & Yeboah, Frederick Kwame & Xu, Linyu & Kumi, Michael Asiedu & Bayissa, Sichale Abdissa & Otho, Ali Raza & Sharma, Jharna & Aqel, Rana Shaker Mohammad, 2025. "Vulnerability of agroecosystems to climate change in the Sahel," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 226(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:226:y:2025:i:c:s0308521x25000678
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104327
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